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How many times a day do we hear that someone or other of our school fellows is a 'beastly swagger?' We apologise to our readers for drawing their attention to the phrase. The truth remains unaltered. Now, without in the least wishing to read Marlborough a homily on the evils of 'swaggering,' much less to blame them for the hearty contempt which they always show for the article whether genuine or otherwise, we would ask, do half the schoolboys who use the phrase use it fairly?

Brown, Jones or Smith is a new boy: he comes with the reputation of a cricketer, gets into his house eleven, and in the moment of pride goes up to cricket without a coat: and the glories of his newly won sash are displayed to the jealous or unsympathetic gaze of his companions. He is dubbed a swagger': his fame spreads abroad through Upper School and he is generally barred from 'good' society. Now how petty and foolish this is: you cannot fathom his reason for appearing without a coat; supposing he wished to display his colours, what more does he do than a member of the XI, XXII or XV, or even a XL cap? Perhaps you would have

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the latter article enveloped in a night or dunce's cap. Yet the writer has heard the criticism times out of mind.

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We don't wish to fall foul of present Marlburians when we attack a subject that has always proved so attractive to old Marlburians. Dress. Ah! the many heart achings that a pair of tight trousers has occasioned. Moreover it has caused much astonishment, so that we have seen perhaps two-thirds of the school gaze dumbdonkey fashion at the ill-starred possessor. walking stick, a stick-up collar, a ring, a red silk handkerchief, rouse indignation, but what words can describe the sensation produced by wearing your cap on the back of the head? We confess we never found much fault for this somewhat trivial breach of school etiquette. The abhorred fashion has the merits of being cooler, perhaps more convenient; certainly more elegant, for the college cap is at best sombre and colourless, whereas the human hair has a natural grace and-but we fear to run to personalities. We have seen a good many odd current notions of 'Swagger.' Marlborough once thought it 'swagger' to wear an Eton collar inside an Eton jacket! Let us rejoice that they have thus (or otherwise) done away with the

The present state of these is, Ford's have beaten Horner's; Preshute, Hart-Smith's; and Baker's, Cotton House. Way's have scored 125 and 150 to Gould's 85 and 70 for three wickets.

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WE have begun our cricket season well. Saturday our match v. Reading C C. ended in our favour. We won by 40 runs and seven wickets.

ALL Old Fellows who wish to play in either team of O.M's on July 3rd and 4th should communicate with Rev. S. C. Voules, Ashley Rectory, Market Drayton, or L. O. Meyrick, the College, Marlborough.

THE offertory on May 10th amounted to £21 1s.

IT has been decided to ask the subscriptions of the School for the "Gordon Camp Penny Memorial," as being the most deserving of their support. We publish a full account elsewhere.

MR. TURNER fills Mr. Raynor's place as Sixth Form Master till some further arrangement can be made. A. W. South, Esq., takes Mr. Turner's place as Master of Remove B. Mr. Brown and Mr. Read have interchanged forms, the former taking Middle IVth, the latter the Lower IIId.

SUMMER hours began immediately on our return. Bathing is delayed until milder weather.

WE hear that Mr. Upcott's book on Greek sculpture, a subject on which he has bestowed great care and wide study, is in the hands of the printer and will soon be out.

PLANS of the New Chapel have been kindly posted by the Bursar in the Cloisters. Though there may be room for difference of opinion as to the beauty of the exterior of the building, the interior will certainly be very fine.

ALL our readers will join with us in congratulating Mr. Way on his appointment to the head-mastership of Warwick School; at the same time, we very much regret his loss.

WE hear that Mr. Leaf will rejoin us as an Assistant Master next term.

OUR prospects for the Ashburton Shield seem very hopeful this year. Five of the members of last year's eight have returned, and the practice has been unusually good. We hope that we shall at last escape our proverbial ill luck at Wimbledon.

WE notice a mistake in this term's Almanac. The Rifle VIII go to Wimbledon on July 21st, and not on July 28th as there stated.

AT Prince's our representatives for the Racquets' Cup beat Winchester in the first round without much trouble, but succumbed to Eton in the second round after an exciting game.

THE Singing Cup was won last term by Way's, the holders of it last year.

THE Racquet Cup was also won by Way's, represented by F. Meyrick-Jones and T. C. Bett.

Correspondence.

To the Editor of the Marlburian.

RAWAL PINDI, INDIA,

2nd April, 1885.

DEAR SIR,-Among the various accounts of what is said and done, or supposed to be said and done at Rawal Pindi during the Durbar, the following will be of more especial interest to your readers than a good deal that gets into the English papers, as it refers exclusively to the doings of O.Ms.

You all know that there is a force of some 20,000 men of all arms assembled here, as well as a large number of civil officers, and others come to see the sights. Old Marlburians have a wonderful way of finding each other out in this country, it almost amounts to a freemasonry. 26 of us were in communication with each other by 31st March, which date we fixed for an Old Marlburian dinner. We all very much regretted that, numerically, the dinner was unavoidably a failure, as two were detained by duty, two were too unwell to come, and ten were completely cut off from the station by a downpour of rain which placed a sea of mud between the camps and station. Some 15,000 troops are encamped out on a large cultivated plain separated from the roads by a mile or so of ploughed fields. Twelve of us sat down to dinner at 8.30 with Capt. Young, Qr.-Master General's Department, in

the chair.

All Marlborough news and recollections were raked up and discussed; for once, wars and rumours of wars, camps, army corps, the viceroy, the Ameer, politics, and the weather had all to give place to Rugby matches, cricket, football, head masters, masters, boys, and the general welfare of the old school, past and present. The latest news to hand was contained in a long and interesting letter which I received from Mr. Bull some two months ago, and which was passed round and eagerly read by all.

Mr. Mitchell having left the school the longest, proposed the toast "Floreat Marlburia," which was enthusiastically drunk. Old Marlburians' enthusiasm for the old school evidently does not decrease as they get older; it fell to my lot to reply to the toast, being the last representative from

school.

To their shame (?) be it said that one O.M. was heard glory publicly in having been twice birched in C House lavatory with old Voss in attendance, and two others gloried in sharing the same fate once: but we must not be hard on them as they are quite good now.

Further learn the various ways of the prize winner

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on receiving the news of fresh triumphs. If he were simple and natural he would blush. If he did not expect the prize, he would perhaps smile. he did, he is at a loss: feign pleasure he can not; it is ridiculous to be pleased at so puny a success. He will look solemn: we have know him even frown, and above all he will attempt a look of innocent surprise. When his name is posted he will find a thousand excuses for being seen, especially at the notice board, and will bear unblushing honours thick upon him.

But, we are told, and even Marlborough has consented to confess, that'swagger' is venial in big fellows. We confess we thought it more peculiarly venial in small fellows. In the first place, if they are unusually precocious, they have more title to swagger than the critic's jealousy will allow him to suppose. They attract an attention which they deserve for being above the dead level of schoolboys in some respect. If they have no apparent motive and no justification, have you not, O readers, been thankful that they are small and can be brought low by a punishment, which fear, mastering our other feelings, will not let us inflict on the great ?

THE LIVERPOOL MATCH.

Whit-Monday was wet, and the Liverpool Match began and ended on Tuesday. J. R. Kewley had brought some old friends, reinforced by a fresh fast bowler. We were lucky enough to win the toss, and Meyrick and Rowell went in to the bowling of Hornby (slow left) from Lyne's, and Manson (fast right) from the Town end. The ground was decidedly adverse to run-getting, and very slowly the runs came, only one cut for two by Meyrick deserving notice before E. Steel displaced Hornby, off whose first ball Meyrick was caught. Lazenby also did his best to get himself run out from the first ball he had, and then played a good ball of Steel's on. Meyrick-Jones made matters livelier, though not for some time seeming at home, and he soon sent a hardish chance to Steel off his own bowling. A nice cut by Rowell, which, however, only realised one, and an on and off pair of twos by Meyrick-Jones, brought on Eccles (fast right) instead of Manson, and Hornby replaced Steel. Meyrick-Jones cut him

to the bank, and then made the first three of the match, after it had lasted an hour, off Eccles, whom Grimsdale, on 30 being telegraphed, superseded with slows. After Meyrick-Jones had smacked Hornby to the off, Rowell was bowled by a good ball, after playing in a most patient fashion for an hour and twenty minutes for 4, in which there was not a ghost of a chance-a most creditable debût for so small a performer. He and Meyrick may wear out the hearts of many a bowler before the season ends. A good one of Hornby's dismissed Ashfield, and then Meyrick-Jones was caught from a fine hit by Eccles in really splendid fashion. He ran a long way, jumped at the ball, just stopped it with his left hand, and caught it falling. Kitcat began with a clean square hit to the bank, and scored the first four off a full pitch from Hornby, but then narrowly escaped stumping through playing forward at a short ball, which he might have played back or gone out farther to meet. Meanwhile Poynton had done much the same thing to one of Grimsdale's, and had paid the penalty. Little followed suit-there being a horrid family likeness in the three strokes-but the umpire was favourable, and 60 went up at lunch. time. After lunch time Manson and Steel bowled, and Kitcat, off the former's first ball, sent an easy chance to Dale, the second he sent to the steps, and the third clean bowled him. He had played in a nice free style, hut luckily. Bett hit Steel for two and three to leg and Manson for a couple of twos, but Little-essaying the same bad stroke as beforewas stumped. Bett put Steel away for three before he was well caught at cover, and the innings soon ended. Considering the state of the ground, and the bowling, of which Steel's seemed to us the deadliest, the batting was not bad, and justifies hope for the future.

That dangerous bat, Cox, with Dale, began the Liverpool innings, but soon succumbed to Hayhurst, and a ripper of Bett's sent home Dale. Manson and Steel gave more trouble. The former drove Bett to the off well for 3 and then lifted him for ditto near the pavilion before he was caught. Hornby at once began hitting. He lifted Bett to the hedge for 4, then got several 2's and an on 4 to the canvass, followed by a series of skyers. The bowling -not too soon-was changed, Poynton taking Bett's end and Robertson Hayhurst's. Hayhurst had been very short at first but had improved afterwards.

I should like at the same time to propose another improvement in the gymnasium. At present a large number of those who go into "gym " do hardly anything the whole time, in fact simply "slope" about. Surely something ought to be done to stop this. I propose that all the houses should be divided into three or four squads according to their proficiency. Each squad could have a leader, the leader of the first would be the Gymnasium sergeant; while the others could be led by the best two or three in the house. Of course this could only be in House Gymnasium; the best people could learn new exercises and be instructed by the sergeant in the hours for School Gymnasium. I believe the plan would work well but any rate I hope my letter will bring the matter before the notice of the 'powers that be' over the Gymnasium. I am, etc.,

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DEAR SIR,-Is it not about time for the absurd restrictions against lawn-tennis to be withdrawn? Cricket is doubtless an excellent game, but it is just conceivable that there may be a few foolish individuals who prefer some amusement which is less elaborate and does not occupy the whole of an afternoon. Surely it is but fair that they should be allowed to gratify their tastes, and should not be obliged either to play a game which they do not care for, or else to be content with three hours' play a week. I know that it is alleged that if lawn-tennis were permitted, cricket would speedily become less popular. If this is really the case, the obvious conclusion is that lawn tennis is the better game. At any rate, cricket ought to stand or fall on its own merits, and not depend on artificial protection. It is manifestly unjust that those who do not care one straw for the interests of cricket, of whom the present writer is one, should be sacrificed upon its altar in this way. Trusting that this appeal will have some effect upon the obdurate minds of the cricket authorities,

Yours, etc.,

L. T. RACQUET.

To the Editor of the Marlburian.

DEAR SIR,-May I ask what is the raison d'être of the large Elm trees in the field? Presumably the field exists to play games in. These trees undoubtedly are in the way of games. At football they make the LXXX dangerous and limit the C to about half the right length of a ground; at cricket the light on Ford's and Horner's is abominable because of them. If fellows want a shady place to sit down at cricket, let small garden wood huts be erected with seats in them. Hoping to see my proposal carried out,

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To the Editor of the Marlburian.

DEAR SIR,-Before the season is too far advanced may I through your columns warn those anxious to improve their cricket not to bat too much. Twenty minutes at a time, not more than twice a day, is as much as can be taken without positive harm. This season thus far, as last season, you may see fellows turning over from one professional's net to another without any interval. The second successive time cannot but do harm, the wrist and eyes are tired and bad habits are apt to be contracted. I could mention at least two members of last year's XI, (they have left), who fell off markedly towards the end of the season in their batting, and they were the most consistent occupiers of the net. The other branches of cricket, bowling and fielding, might have the time saved from incessant batting devoted to them. But if you bowl, bowl in earnest, don't bowl to anyone who won't play you in earnest, and if you are a fast bowler or get plenty of prac tice in matches, bowl but rarely at a net.

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THE GORDON CAMP PENNY MEMORIAL. A Memorial to General Gordon has been set on foot in the shape of a "Gordon Camp " in the neighbourhood of Aldershot, in which to train poor and destitute boys for the Army. The original suggestion appeared in a letter from Mr. Hallam Tennyson, O.M., to The Times early in March, stating that Gordon himself had wished for such a Camp.

The subscriptions of the School are asked for this Memorial. Mr. Hallam Tennyson being himself an O.M. is very anxious that his old School should not be without a share in this work truly worthy of the Hero in whose memory it is to be founded. Among the Committee are the Lord Mayor, Cardinal Manning, Duke of Westminster, Earl of Shaftesbury, Bishops of London and Ripon, Lord Tennyson, several distinguished officers, and other well-known persons.

The Committee have named this a Penny Memorial so as to include contributions of all amounts, and all Subscriptions of a Penny or upwards will be received, either directly or through the Local Committees, by

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day, May 14th, at 9, Wilton-crescent, when the proposal to found as a memorial to General Gordon a School or Camp to train poor boys for the Army was discussed. Among those present were Cardinal Manning, Bishop Patterson, Colonel Lord William Seymour, Colonel Sir R. Lloyd-Lindsay, V.C. M.P., Colonel Clive, Colonel A. Hamilton, R.E., Colonel Phillip Smith, C.B., Colonel Geary, Colonel Arthur Collins, Major Anstruther, R.A., Mr. Hallam Tennyson, Sir A. Borthwick, and Mr. Arnold White. After some remarks from General Higginson,

Mr. Hallam Tennyson said he had been asked to state what his father and he himself knew of General Gordon's interest in the idea of a camp for training poor boys for the Army. Before Gordon left for the Mauritius, he came to luncheon with them at their house in London. Of his father's patriotism, and of his consequent enthusiasm for the Army and Navy he need not speak there. Knowing these it was not surprising that Gordon on first coming into the room said "I want you to do something for our young soldiers, Mr. Tennyson. You are one of the few men who can." Of course he could not vouch for every word that was said on the occasion, but he knew that the talk then turned upon recruits and the leavening of the ranks with well-trained lads, educated in military training camps, and Gordon most warmly advocated this, especially for poor boys. On a subsequent occasion Mr. Tennyson learnt more of what Gordon thought was necessary for these camps, and he believed that their proposed memorial would in a great measure embody his conception and supply what, according to those who knew, was a very real want. He could not but feel that the man whom all the world honoured, and who in his unweariable selfsacrifice and in his simple Christian heroism was worthy of all honour, had left as a legacy to England the duty of providing such a military training camp as their committee had proposed.

After some other speakers had addressed the meeting General Higginson outlined the scheme suggested for further and more detailed consideration. It was proposed that the education be sound, simple, and calculated to qualify the boys for military service, while the physical training should be strictly directed to that end, that the camp or school should be established in the neighbourhood of Sandhurst, that each of the colleges and foundations of the Univerisities, the great public schools, and other

recognized educational institutions should have a right to nominate "Gordon Boys" for a complete course of training, in such numbers as the Council might decide and at a fixed annual charge, that every regiment in Her Majesty's Regular and Auxiliary Forces should have a similar right with a claim to the enrolment of the "Gordon Boy" on the completion of his training, in the ranks of the regiment by which he was nominated, and that every corporation, municipality, or urban county union should have a similar right of nomination. No boy who had been convicted of crime should be eligible as a nominee. Subsequently, General Higginson urged that, in view of the advantages such a training school for the Army would offer, the Government might be looked to for assistance in various ways.' We trust the scheme will meet with the hearty support of the School.

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We did not, as our readers may remember, anticipate that we could beat Harrow or Eton this year. When, therefore, the Daily News says that "The antagonism of Eton and Marlborough produced one of the grandest contests ever seen;" the Sportsman, that "Of the two couples the Marlburians perhaps showed the better form;" Bell's Life, that "The competitors were frequently rewarded with ringing cheers for their excellent. exhibition of the game," and that "Both MeyrickJones and Martyn deserve every praise for the game, and for the frequent brilliant efforts that they made to secure a place in the final tie for Marlborough ; and the Field, that they "Deserve every praise for the admirable and plucky manner in which they played together in the rallies," going on to single out Meyrick-Jones as one of the best of the players engaged in the contest, it might be concluded that we should be more than satisfied with the results of 1885. And so we should be if we had not seen the match. The above verdicts are true, and we may be proud of them in a game which is the only one where we meet all the Public Schools, and where to win we must beat not any one School, but all. But when we had gained three out of the first four games against Eton, not only did the match seem a certainty to us and all the Etonians behind us, but if we are to measure Harrow by their subsequent match with

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